From: "Gary Britt" 

Where are these cell phones sold, USA or overseas?  Whose buying them
rather than go to the local Wal-Mart themselves?  Why only Arabs exploiting
this "opportunity"?

Gary

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:44e10402$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Yep - now our local media outlets in Detroit are running news snippets on
> the profits in the gray market cell phone resale business.
>
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> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> news:op.teappupgm6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>> Nothing to see here.  Everyone can move along.
>>
>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14347754/
>>
>> FBI: No terror ties to men in cell phone arrest
>> Three arrested after authorities find 1,000 cell phones in vehicle
>>
>> CARO, Mich. - The FBI said Monday it had no information to indicate that
>> the three Texas men arrested with about 1,000 cell phones in their van
>> had any direct connection to known terrorist groups.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> As the man said:  no terror ties.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:45:36 -0400, Gary Britt  wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah sure, it just so happens that the only people in the entire country
>>> who
>>> want to make a few bucks for college by buying 1000 cell phones are
>>> MUSLIM
>>> MIDDLE EASTERN MALES.  And then next I hear they have some bridges in
>>> Brooklyn for you to look at.
>>>
>>> GMAFB
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
>>> news:op.td806xwem6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>>>> 1.  (And this doesn't surprise me a whit).
>>>> The "threat" of the plane bombers was trivial
and came up because
>>>> somebody
>>>> needed aome visibility.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14320452/
>>>>
>>>> Source: U.S., U.K. at odds over timing of arrests
>>>> British wanted to continue surveillance on terror suspects, official
>>>> says
>>>> NBC VIDEO
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> . Disagreement over terror arrests
>>>> Aug. 12: U.S. and British authorities disagreed on when to
break up an
>>>> alleged plot to blow up airliners bound for the United States,
>>>> officials
>>>> say. NBC's Lisa Myers reports.
>>>>
>>>> By Aram Roston, Lisa Myers, and the NBC News Investigative Unit
>>>> NBC News
>>>> Updated: 8:13 p.m. ET Aug 12, 2006
>>>>
>>>> LONDON - NBC News has learned that U.S. and British
authorities had a
>>>> significant disagreement over when to move in on the suspects in the
>>>> alleged plot to bring down trans-Atlantic airliners bound for the
>>>> United
>>>> States.
>>>>
>>>> A senior British official knowledgeable about the case said British
>>>> police
>>>> were planning to continue to run surveillance for at least
another week
>>>> to
>>>> try to obtain more evidence, while American officials
pressured them to
>>>> arrest the suspects sooner. The official spoke on condition of
>>>> anonymity
>>>> due to the sensitivity of the case.
>>>>
>>>> In contrast to previous reports, the official suggested an
attack was
>>>> not
>>>> imminent, saying the suspects had not yet purchased any airline
>>>> tickets.
>>>> In fact, some did not even have passports.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2.  (This explains the cell phones perfectly:  somebody
wanted a quick
>>>> score -- the capitalist way)
>>>>
>>>>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/12/AR20060812
00692.html
>>>>
>>>> 3 Texas Men Arraigned on Terror Charges
>>>>
>>>> The Associated Press
>>>> Saturday, August 12, 2006; 11:07 PM
>>>>
>>>> CARO, Mich. -- Three Texas men were arraigned Saturday on
>>>> terrorism-related charges after police found about 1,000
cell phones in
>>>> their minivan, and prosecutors say they believe the men
were targeting
>>>> a
>>>> bridge connecting Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas.
>>>>
>>>> But two of the men said they were only trying to buy and
sell phones to
>>>> make money, and one said the money was intended to help pay for his
>>>> brother's college education.
>>>>
>>>> (In other places, you can see that apparently [I'm not tied in to
>>>> these,
>>>> uh, "enterprises", so I have to take others'
analyses as not
>>>> unreasonable]
>>>> somebody has found a way to hack the cheapie pre-paid cell phones so
>>>> they
>>>> work on other networks.  Besides ... what terrorist
network is going to
>>>> need 1000 cell phones?  If you need that many you'd pick
them up in a
>>>> bunch now, a bunch several months from now ...
>>>
>>>
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